Sidney Towner Phelan letter to mother - March 21, 1918
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March 21, 1918 Dearest Mother, [censor’s stamp] I got a big bunch of letters the other day but all of them were old letters from January. I can't understand why they take so long to get here. Janet must be growing up judging from the tone of her letters. It's hard to imagine her reading Tagore and writing like a grown up person. I certainly wish we
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would get a little action. Months and months of repos would get on anyone's nerves. There is lots of consolation in good weather, good quarters, good food but in spite of that the idleness is getting us. Val must be going great guns I didn't realize what a proposition he was up against. He always was so little of a
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student, while showing so much initiative, aggressiveness, and executive ability. I never doubted his ability to manage anything he undertook and do it well but I didn't think he could undertake a slow, exact, student's word and do it. That kind of work though is just what he needs it will give him the method and some of the knowledge he needs to go with his ability. I certainly hope to see him soon in four or five months not much chance of that though. Lots of love, Towner
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| Title | Sidney Towner Phelan letter to mother - March 21, 1918 |
| Creator | Phelan, Sidney Towner |
| Source | Phelan, Sidney Towner. Letter to mother. 21 March 1918. Sidney Towner Phelan Papers, 1899-1960. A1209. Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Sidney Towner Phelan, a St. Louis, Missouri native, wrote this letter to his Mother while serving as a volunteer ambulance driver in France during World War I. In this letter, Phelan wrote of his frustration that his unit had not seen any action in months. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--France |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | A1209 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | March 21, 1918 |
| Language | English |